Someone who has never seen Crater Lake should consider viewing the lake for the first time from Llao Rock.

The presentation of the view of the lake from the summit is beyond words.

As you approach the round crest of Llao Rock's summit, all of a sudden the entire lake is revealed.

For the hike, park 1.3 miles east of North Junction at a wide spot on Rim Drive. Hike uphill south over an open pumice plain for 45 minutes, gaining 900 feet.Here are some of my posts about Crater Lake:

One of the most spectacular concessionaire activities in all of America's national parks is right here in Oregon. That's the Crater Lake boat tour. It's awesome.

Want a new way to experience Crater Lake? By all means, drive 33-mile Rim Drive around the lake, stopping at the many viewpoints. But also take time for some hikes. Some unusual hikes.

Crater Lake is Oregon's only full-service national park. But it's not a
large park like Yellowstone, Yosemite or Grand Canyon, where visitors
can spend a week or more seeing the sights. At Crater Lake, a day or two
is often enough to soak up the beauty of the lake and surrounding
trails. So what's there to do during the rest of a week's vacation? In a
word, plenty.

Hard or soft? You decide at Crater Lake. The 286-square-mile park around Crater Lake
is one of the most spectacular parts of the Cascades. Volcanic Mount
Mazama collapsed to form the iridescent blue lake, the deepest in the
United States at 1,932 feet. When Crater Lake Lodge was restored in the
mid-'90s, it recaptured its place among the great national park lodges.